Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Kamala Harris for president: Read her statement

It's official. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has now endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election.

This comes a day after President Joe Biden announced he was exiting the race and endorsing Harris and a day after Whitmer threw her support behind Biden's decision and doubled down on her resolve to defeat former President Donald Trump.

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"Let's win this, @KamalaHarris" Whitmer posted on X with her statement. Here's the full statement, posted in unison with with fellow governors J.B. Pritzker (D-Illinois), Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) and Tony Evers (D-Wisconsin):

"Today, I am fired up to endorse Kamala Harris for President of the United States.

In Vice President Harris, Michigan voters have a presidential candidate they can count on to focus on lowering their costs, restoring their freedoms, bringing jobs and supply chains back home from overseas, and building an economy that works for working people. She's a former prosecutor., a champion for reproductive freedom, and I know that she's got Michigan's back.

That's a stark contrast to Donald Trump, a convicted felon who stokes violence, overturned Roe, attacked our auto industry which hardworking families depend on, left office after losing 100,000 manufacturing jobs, and drove our economy into the ground last time he was in the White House.

Vice President Harris has my full support.

So Michigan, let's get to work. We cannot let Donald Trump anywhere near the White House. Let's go.!," the statement reads.

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